By Amber Pennycuff
Besides the freezing temperatures, the Brentwood and Ravenwood “Battle of the Woods” was heated up. Brentwood (3-6, 2-3) fell just shy a point to Ravenwood, and a successfully blocked field-goal attempt is what sealed off the 21-22 fate for the Bruins.
It was scoreless first quarter between the Raptors and Bruins, but quarterback Aaron Maher sailed one right into Austin Well, who drove it 35-yards down the sideline to give Brentwood its first points of the game in the second-quarter.
Ravenwood answered right back with Seth Rowland to grace the end zone and make it a Raptors TD to create a neck-and-neck game at the end of the half.
Heading back from the half, Ravenwood secured a lead, for the time-being with a field-goal, bringing the score 10-7.
It was down to the final moments of the game in the fourth, and Brentwood had already added two TDs to take back a lead over the Raptors, 21-10. With 5:20 left in the quarter, the Raptors graced the end zone once more, but the 2-point conversion was no good.
Only minutes to go, the game was heating up and final seconds were approaching. An interception by Austin Percy would give Ravenwood the ball, with a 16-21 score and 3:12 left in the match-up.
The final TD of the night was made with 1:26 left in the game, with another failed 2-point conversion, and Ravenwood was up 22-21. Brentwood was counting every second. And as we have seen in the past weeks, not only in high-school but SEC, it came down to a FGA on the field. Everything came down to this moment and blocking the kick, the Raptors did just that.
Swarming the field, Ravenwood was awarded with The Battle of The Woods trophy, and MaxPreps Rivals was there to catch all of the action. The teams were the seventh rivalry game to be featured on the inaugural MaxPreps Rivalry Series presented by the National Guard.
One thing you can say about this team is that their drive is incredible. Despite one of the toughest schedules in Div. 1-Class AAA, these young men have fought their way to the top and deserve recognition for all of their hard-work they have put up thus far.
Next week, Brentwood will take on district rival Independence (6-3, 4-1).
The Williamson Source will keep you updated on Brentwood throughout the rest of the 2013 season.
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